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guideway

American  
[gahyd-wey] / ˈgaɪdˌweɪ /

noun

  1. a structure, usually made of concrete, that is used to support and guide trains or individual vehicles that ride over it.


Etymology

Origin of guideway

1875–80, for an earlier sense; guide + way 1

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The guideway for the people mover is largely constructed, but crews are still working on the six station stops.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2022

Even the people who fix the subway create new nonconformities — power-wash cleaners who blast the decals off guideway strips for the visually impaired, work crews who cut holes in ceilings and leave them unfilled.

From New York Times Mar. 17, 2020

Then you must plunge or fly the trains on an additional guideway or tunnel through the silty slop near Montlake, and then connect with UW Station.

From Seattle Times Nov. 9, 2017

In 2012, the university approved an initiative that will modernize many of the system’s internal components, repair the guideway, and eventually phase out Boeing’s original cars.

From The Verge Feb. 24, 2016

When the gear-wheel r revolves, the connecting rod causes slide a to traverse to and fro endways in a guideway, provided on the top of the frame at x.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

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